Synopsis
Author Daniel Goleman uses vivid examples of emotional intelligence in order to delineate the critical role it plays in relationships, work, even our physical well-being. What emerges is a crucial new way to talk about being smart--one that accounts for the other forces at work when a person of high IQ appears to be stymied, while someone of modest IQ does well. Through his extensive research, Goleman has become expert at explaining the way intelligence is shaped through a combination of the rational and the emotional. Moreover, he conveys the insights gleaned from his groundbreaking brain and behavioral studies in an extremely articulate and accessible narrative.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2005-09-27 | | Edition Description: | Anniversary |
| Size | | Length: | 358 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 10.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our "two minds"--the rational and the emotional--and how they together shape our destiny.
Through vivid examples, Goleman delineates the five crucial skills of emotional intelligence, and shows how they determine our success in relationships, work, and even our physical well-being. What emerges is an entirely new way to talk about being smart.
The best news is that "emotional literacy" is not fixed early in life. Every parent, every teacher, every business leader, and everyone interested in a more civil society, has a stake in this compelling vision of human possibility.
Industry Reviews
"...[B]y the time you come to Goleman's five appendices and 29 pages of footnotes (more than you might find on the entire Bantam list in some years), you're in a better mood, ready to live his theses rather than question them. Translation: I'm divided. My amygdala says, 'Buy it, read it, absorb it, love it--the man speaks the truth.' My neocortex remains skeptical, annoyed by a few elliptical arguments, insufficient discussion of how emotional intelligence relates to free will, and the publisher's choice of a loud, self-promotional cover, which makes a smart book look like a dumb, exploitive book. But who wants a blurb from a neocortex anyway?"
Philadelphia Inquirer - Carlin Romano (10/08/1995)
"Impressive in its scope and depth, staggering in its implication, 'Emotional Intelligence' gives us an entirely new way of looking at the root causes of many of the ills of our families and our society, and many practical insights for honoring what makes us more human."
Advertisement - Jon Kabat-Zinn
"Goleman succeeds in making a powerful case for the importance of the relatively new concept of emotional intelligence, while greatly broadening our understanding of what intelligence is in the first place."
Boardman
"Valuable insights for navigating the reefs and shoals of a contemporary career."
Pasternak
"Vivid, nontechnical science writing on issues of compelling importance."
Pasternak
Based on good empirical data (unlike many popular psychology books), this fine example is recommended for academic and larger public libraries. <BR>Annotation copyright H.W. Wilson Company.
Library Journal - Mary Ann Hughes
Some readers will consider the concept of 'emotional intelligence' as little different from traditional understandings of emotional adulthood and observe that Mr. Goleman scants powerful formative influences like mature religious faith. Others may argue that his vision of a school-based cure for a problem that begins at home adds unrealistic burdens to already stumbling systems. Nonetheless, Mr. Goleman, with an economy of style that serves his reformer's convictions well, integrates a vast amount of material on issues whose intricacy and problematic character he reveals in an original and persuasive way. <BR>Annotation copyright H.W. Wilson Company.
New York Times Book Review - Eugene Kennedy
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